president obama and mitt omney are close in the polls. the battleground states could deciding who will be in the white house next year. as you look at the national polls, you see that i am hire. >> the national polls. show a polls. neither candidate has been able to sustain significant lead. that's not how presidential won.ion is it all comes down to the electoral college with each state assigned a number of votes. became infamous race between04 gore. bush and al a handful of states where the candidates are focusing most resources. s getting the bulk of resources at. >> it's time for new economic attitude. correct to many americans are struggling to find jobs. >> the romney campaign has spent than $20 million there. president obama is in the lead some critical battleground states. it shows a much tighter race polling.ternal >> they will have to fight like crazy in ohio. ohio is now leaning toward obama, which puts the president within 15 electoral votes that election.o win the >> mitt romney would need to win all of the remaining seven wi